AS 5066—2002

ISO 4759-1:2000
AS 5066

Australian Standard™
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Tolerances for ISO metric bolts, screws,

studs and nuts—Product grades A, B
and C
[ISO title: Tolerences for fasteners, Part 1: Bolts, screws, studs and
nuts—Product grades A, B and C]
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME-029, Fasteners. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 16 September 2002
and published on 27 September 2002.

The following are represented on Committee ME-029:

Australian Industry Group
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia
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Australian Institute of Steel Construction

Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries

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 AS 5066—2002

Australian Standard™
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Tolerances for ISO metric bolts, screws,

studs and nuts— Product grades A, B
and C

First published as AS 5066—2002.

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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME-029, Fasteners.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers, suppliers and users with tolerances for the
principle features of product grades A, B and C metric bolts, screws, studs and nuts and product grade
A tapping screws.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 4759-1:2000, Tolerances for
fasteners, Part 1: Bolts, screws, studs and nuts— Product grades A, B and C.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes are deemed to be requirements of this Standard.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the annex to which
it applies. An ‘informative’ annex is only for information and guidance.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Standard may be the subject of
patent rights. Standards Australia shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
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rights.
As this Standard is reproduced from an international Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identify is shown only on the cover and
title page.
(b) In the source text ‘this part of ISO 4759’ should read ‘this Australian Standard’.
(c) A full point should be substituted for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
References to international Standards should be replaced by references to Australian or
Australian/New Zealand Standards as follows:

Reference to International Standard Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand

Standard
ISO AS
225 Fasteners—Bolts, screws, studs —
and nuts—Symbols and
designation of dimensions
286 ISO system of limits and fits 1654 ISO system of limits and fits
286-1 Part 1: Bases of tolerances, 1654.1 Part 1: Bases of tolerances, deviations and
deviations and fits fits
286-2 Part 2: Tables of standard 1654.2 Part 2: Tables of standard tolerance grades
tolerance grades and limit and limit deviations for holes and shafts
deviations for holes and shafts
885 General purpose bolts and —
screws—Metric series—Radii
under the head
965 ISO general purpose metric screw —
threads—Tolerances
965-3 Part 3: Deviations for —
constructional screw threads
1101 Geometrical Product —
Specifications (GPS)—
Geometrical tolerancing—
Tolerances of form, orientation,
location and run-out
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ISO AS/NZS
1478 Tapping screws thread 4411 Tapping screws thread
1479 Hexagon head tapping screws 4402 Hexagon head tapping screws
2692 Technical drawings—Geometrical —
tolerancing—Maximum material
principle
AS
4032 Hexagon nuts, style 1—Product 1112 ISO metric hexagon nuts
grades A and B 1112.1 Part 1: Style 1—Product grades A and B
4042 Fasteners—Electroplated coatings —
4745 Cross recesses for screws —
AS/NZS
7053 Hexagon washer head tapping 4409 Hexagon washer head tapping screws
screws
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7721 Countersunk head screws—Head —

configuration and gauging
8015 Technical drawings— —
Fundamental tolerancing principle
10509 Hexagon flange head tapping 4410 Hexagon flange head tapping screws
screws
10642 Hexagon socket countersunk head —
screws
10664 Hexalobular internal driving —
feature for bolts and screws
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CONTENTS

1 Scope ..............................................................................................................................................................1
2 Normative references ....................................................................................................................................2
3 Tolerances for metric bolts, screws and studs ..........................................................................................3
4 Tolerances for metric nuts..........................................................................................................................25
5 Tolerances for tapping screws...................................................................................................................36
Annex A (informative) Tolerances ...........................................................................................................................44
Annex B (informative) Examples of dimensioned and toleranced fasteners......................................................46
Annex C (informative) Examples of gauges and other measuring devices ........................................................49
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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD

Tolerances for fasteners

Part 1:
Bolts, screws, studs and nuts—Product grades A, B and C

1 Scope
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This part of ISO 4759 specifies a selection of tolerances for bolts, screws, studs and nuts with ISO metric threads
and with product grades A, B and C and for tapping screws with product grade A.

NOTE The product grades refer to the size of the tolerances where grade A is the most precise and grade C is the least
precise.

The tolerances, except tolerances for threads, are selected from the system of limits and fits specified in ISO 286-1
and ISO 286-2. The tolerances for metric threads are taken from the series of tolerance classes specified in
ISO 965-3. The tolerances for tapping screw threads are covered in ISO 1478.

The tolerances of form and position are specified and indicated in accordance with ISO 1101, ISO 8015 and
ISO 2692.

The tolerances specified in this part of ISO 4759 apply to fasteners prior to coating unless otherwise specified. See
also ISO 4042.

Deviations from the tolerances specified in this part of ISO 4759 are only permitted in product standards where
there are valid technical reasons. In cases where there is a difference between the tolerance requirements in this
part of ISO 4759 and the product standard, the product standard takes precedence.

It is recommended that these tolerances also be used for non-standard fasteners.

Dimensions and tolerances given in this part of ISO 4759 are in millimetres.

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